Together with Yorkshire Tea, we’re excited to launch the Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Awards for 2025. These new monthly awards (five trophies in total from May to September) will be our way to recognise the contributions from those right across Yorkshire recreational cricket. 🏆 How to enter Each month, nominations will be invited for anyone […]
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Season off to a flier at Pannal amid cake and conversations
Our first outing of the 2025 club cricket season involved a trip to Pannal Cricket Club to watch Pannal play Pannal. The inter-club friendly was a gentle way to catch some overs on a day that promised a bit of warmth, while also keeping a keen ear flapping for any gossip and presenting Penny Barrett […]
Yorkshire Tea backs cricket teas and new grassroots awards
Yorkshire Tea has extended its partnership with Cricket Yorkshire for 2025. The competition to champion the best cricket teas in Yorkshire is back for a fourth year. It has an ever-so-slight name change to reflect the importance we’ve always placed on everyone’s contributions. There is no overall winner – but plenty of chances to win […]
Schools cricket: Award-winning Owen on inspiring kids
Named Schools Coach of the Year at the 2024 Chance to Shine Awards, Owen Batchelor has an intriguing background you likely won’t know. We catch up on Zoom; a rare moment of quiet for a teacher who has taken his love of cricket and channelled it into inspiring kids across Scarborough & Ryedale. Owen is […]
What is the future for cricket teas?
It’s time to talk cricket teas. Pop the kettle on, grab a biscuit (we’re partial to Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers here) and settle in. This is a chat about the past, present and future, in association with Yorkshire Tea, who have supported our competition for the past three years. As the only game I can think […]
Winners revealed in the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year 2024
The Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year for 2024, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea, has been a blast to run again. We have shaken things up with new categories to reflect the cost of cricket teas as well as the diversity in diets, culture and food here in Yorkshire. The standard has been phenomenal again. The […]
How to win this year’s Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year
Here are some top tips to give your cricket club the best chance of winning the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea. Anyone can nominate a cricket club based in Yorkshire. You just need a photo or two of a club tea this season and a minute to say why they […]
Bradford Park Avenue hosts Chance to Shine Street Yorkshire Finals
An invite to watch the Chance to Shine Street Finals for Yorkshire at Bradford Park Avenue proved to be an extraordinary day. Chance to Shine’s Street programme gives young people (between the ages of eight and 24) the opportunity to enjoy free tapeball cricket sessions in their local communities. Here in Yorkshire, there are 11 […]
Rwanda: The land of a thousand hills where cricket builds hope
Have you ever wondered where your steaming mug of Yorkshire Tea comes from? I rely on a couple of brews (strong, milky, normally no sugar) before I can think coherently about cricket. Or anything else for that matter. But, did you know that 15% of all Rwandan tea is bought by Yorkshire Tea, to be […]
Ripon win Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year 2022
Ripon Cricket Club have been crowned winners of the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year for 2022, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea. Founded in 1810, the cricket club is located in the heart of Ripon with two senior teams and a reputation for stellar cricket teas. Ripon win a whopping 2,500 tea bags from our sponsor […]